website in php

trying to learn and understand

[molmstead8]

I'm new to this so any help would be appreciated. I have a small website where all the pages except for the homepage end in ".php". Example: sayanythingceramics.com/signature-plates.php. This is not dynamic, so I don't understand why the developer didn't name this one ".html", as well as the others that are static. Even the "about us" page ends in .php. Anyway, is this going to cause problems with having my pages indexed? Do the search engines treat a page's information the same whether it ends in .php or .html?

If I'm in the wrong place to post this message please direct me to the right one.

Thanks.

Mark

[jbinbpt]

Hi molmstead8,
Welcome to WebmasterWorld.

There will be no difference in the way the pages are indexed. If you choose to make the site dynamic, then you are already ahead of the game. There will be no changing of the URI's.

[molmstead8]

Great! Thanks.

While I'm at it, I'm reading a lot about duplicate content. Do the search engines consider the exact same meta tags, keywords, and titles on different web pages as duplicate content? My site is small and I'm wondering if I need to bother altering those items on the about us, policy, and contact pages that have that same information in them. I don't want to mess up this update.

[henry0]

I would not worry about the dupe issues;
but if I really want those to be indexed then I'll make sure that my page title and other tags are accurate.
You may also if you wish disallow the BOTs in any file of your choice.

[jbinbpt]

Whenever possible, all the document elements should pertain to the page itself. This is easy on a small site.
I would go ahead and change the data.

[molmstead8]

Thanks again for the replies.